Yamadoot's mistake

This is agony, you understand, this is agony. I'm in big pain, and this could all have been avoided. Easily. Quite easily, if only...If you had-- forget it now, no point in blaming each other for this, but this should not happen again understand under no circumstance. I'll make you in charge of making sure of that, you understand. You ready for the responsibility?

The dooot nodded, his head bowed. Yes my lord, I understand. I will make sure others do not make this mistake again, he said staring intently at his toes.

Are you in a position to fix this, or should I take care of this myself, Yamadev asked the doot.

My lord, it may be too embarrassing for myself to go there and sort this out, but your presence is not required. I can take someone else and have them look at this. This would have been an easy case, my lord, a simple mistake that I could take care at a moment's notice if...if the ascetic were not involved. It took my some time to get my bearings, and I was not fully aware of the possibilities and extent of the great ascetic's powers. I will take a more experienced master and have them talk to the humans there, the doot said, his voice gradually getting faster and louder. Yes my Lord, it will be easily fixed.

Yamadev looked over at the messenger. The poor man had never dealt with an ascetic and wouldn't have ever been able to guess the shenanigans that had gone on. Even he, master of death and a former challenger to Indra, despite working in the task for eons would get tripped up sometimes and had to go back to suture things. This lowly servant was afraid of his anger, yet he deserved compassion.

Yes, take someone more experienced, the most experienced, and explain to them the circumstance fully. It is likely they wouldn't have been able to fix this either had they been all by myself. However, make sure everyone understands that ascetics and other medicants are special cases and we need to them with very much extra care, or...or...errors like these are likely to happen. Don't worry about the consequences of this one, this is a teaching moment for us all, no go! Yamadev said, his voice booming the room.

The messenger hurried away as the doors shut behind him. Yamadev went back to working on his project. Indra was in a tough position. His underlings were planning an aggressive move over Chandradev, and while he didn't agree with the way Chandradev ran his realms, it didn't look good for Indra that there were coups being planned against his allies under his nose. Yamadev had offered to help him get out of the bind. I need a weapon, Indra said, that immobilizes allies at the right time while protecting them so any sort of cosmic battle can be avoided. Indra's angle was to play the role of a reluctant peacemaker between the rebellious Gods and Chandradev -- that way he could get Chandradev more in control, while showing those wandering away from his base his prowess...a sort of warning to them to not hatch secret coups within the realms. Indra trusted Yamadev...he knew Yamadev was not eyeing the throne, and he wasn't very close to Chandradev. Yamadev thought Chandradev was too political for a man so wise and curious -- in terms of exploring the secrets of the creation and all realms Chandradev was way ahead of himself, but he also worried about the political aspects of it all that nonsense on how to rule and how to make your subjects happy etcetera. Yamadev just liked to complete his duties, tinker with his toys, make his job easier and create new weapons once in a while, for fun. Considering the detailed implications of his actions and the political decisions to go behind them hurt his too much... he left that for Indra, who Yamadev thought didn't have much else to do. He was not the curious type or the wise type or even the brave time. He was just on the throne because those who deserved it more didn't care enough to take it from me or didn't want it for one reason or another. Ah but Indra liked being a King and acting like it. He could get intolerable once in a while. Still he was a friend, and the King of Swarga, and to question his judgment and values would be foolhardy.